Cookie the fifty-something Yellow-crowned Amazon couldn't go out walking yesterday because it rained every time we got out his backpack but today all was right with the world...
@bluemoon Depends on the individual but this old boy doesn't know he can fly-- came to me in 1993 aged around 24 already like that so I surmise he may have been a smuggled bird taken too young from the nest. So free flight training and harness training are not options for him. Instead, I have a birdie backpack made of a special mesh that lets him see out but is amazingly chew proof. He hops on the perch and rides around in there while I do the actual walking. I can tell he sees well because he greets people and his favorite birds (Blue Jays and Red-Headed Woodpeckers)-- he says, ";Hello, pretty bird" to everybody but to people he will sometimes also ask for treats, "Polly wanna cracker."
November 3rd, 2024
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